COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA LEGISLATIVE ELECTION OF 19 DECEMBER 1931 ==================================================================== Parties -------------------------------------------------------------------- * ALP - Australian Labor Party * CP - Country Party * UAP – United Australia Party BY-ELECTIONS ==================================================================== EAST SYDNEY, NSW 44,630 enrolled, 38,197 (85.6%) voted ==================================================================== Inner Sydney: Darlinghurst, Glenmore, King, Paddington -------------------------------------------------------------------- 6 February 1932, following the death of John Clasby -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP (NSW) 01.7 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon Lou Cunningham ALP 2,817 07.6 (-05.7) William McCall UAP 16,304 43.9 (-00.3) John Miles CPA 597 01.6 Eddie Ward ALPN 17,461 47.0 (+04.6) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,018 (02.7%) informal 37,179 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Cunningham was member for Gwydir 1919-25 and 1929-31. 2. Ward was member for East Sydney 1931. 3. For McCall, see Martin 1934. 4. The combined ALP and ALP (NSW) vote was 54.6%, a decrease of 1.1% from the combined 55.7% polled by the two parties in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- 2nd count: Miles's 597 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- Cunningham 101 (16.9) 2,918 07.8 McCall 84 (14.1) 16,388 44.1 Ward 412 (69.0) 17,873 48.1 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 597 37,179 -------------------------------------------------------------------- 3rd count: Cunningham's 2,918 votes distributed -------------------------------------------------------------------- McCall 2,115 (72.5) 18,503 49.8 WARD 803 (27.5) 18,676 50.2 -------------------------------------------------------------------- > 2,918 37,179 00.2 01.9 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- The ALP (NSW) majority over the UAP is compared with the UAP majority over the ALP (NSW) in 1931. -------------------------------------------------------------------- Edward John Ward (1899-1963): Elected 1931 By. Defeated 1931. Elected 1932 By -------------------------------------------------------------------- Ward is the only person to have won two federal by-elections. -------------------------------------------------------------------- FLINDERS, Vic 71,825 enrolled, 64,098 (89.2%) voted ==================================================================== South-east of Melbourne: Box Hill, Dandenong, Ferntree Gully, Frankston -------------------------------------------------------------------- 11 November 1933, following the resignation of Rt Hon Stanley Bruce -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1931 two-party majority: UAP over ALP 18.3 -------------------------------------------------------------------- James FAIRBAIRN UAP 36,773 59.0 (-09.3) Ralph Gibson CPA 3,124 05.0 Arthur Haywood ALP 22,454 36.0 (+04.3) -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1,747 (02.7%) informal 62,351 09.5 e 08.8 to ALP -------------------------------------------------------------------- James Valentine Fairbairn (1897-1940): Elected 1933 By Born: 28 July 1897, England. Career: Educated Geelong Grammar School and Cambridge University. Military Service 1916-19. Grazier, Queensland and Victoria. Banker. Hampden Shire Council. Nephew of George Fairbairn, MP and Senator, and uncle of Hon David Fairbairn MP. State politics: Vic MLA for Warrnambool 1932-33. --------------------------------------------------------------------